Spotify Now Available in Singapore Ahead of Today’s Launch Event

Spotify is now available in Singapore ahead of a launch event later today. Some basic fiddling with the music streaming service’s geo-specific URLs reveals that spotify.com/sg-en is now live. Interestingly, Singaporean music fans only get the choice of two accounts: free (with ads) or “premium” across all devices for S$9.90 per month. In contrast, other markets like the US also have a middling “unlimited” plan (US$4.99) that’s actually limited to desktop/laptop usage only. Perhaps the Spotify team felt that smartphone-mad Singaporeans didn’t want to be tied to PC/Mac-only music streaming. My colleague is at the Spotify event in Singapore later, so we’ll hear what the Swedish startup has in mind for its first ever yet another Asian launch. (UPDATE: A reader points out it is launching in Hong Kong and Malaysia today too – more on this later).